Improvement in undershirts



t NITED STATES ALFRED CONGER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN UNDERSHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,656, dated January'20, 1874; application filed September 30, 1873.

To' all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED CoNGER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented' a new and useful Improvement in Knitted or FlannelShirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure lrepresents a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section-of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rlhis invention consists in a knitted or flannelundershirt with an. openback and closed front, the front being provided with a sanitarychest-protector, applied thereto in such a manner that the breast of theperson wearing the shirt is eifectually protected against cold drafts orwinds, and if the frontl of the shirt be ornamented, it will bespecially adapted for wear without the usual over or linen shirt.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a knitted or flannelundershirt, made with an open back, in contradistinction to anundershirt with an open front, and is provided with i hut-tons or othersuitable fastenings on said open back, whereby it canvbe closed.A Thefront of this shirt is closed, and it is provided with a sanitarychest-protector, a', which serves chest-protector may be producedbysuitable machinery, simultaneously withV the other por# tion of theshirt; but` if the shirt is madeof flannel, the chest-protector a willbe sewed` permanently upon the interior of the closed front.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, an undershirtformed with an open back and closed front, and provided with achest-protecting piece, a, 1all constructed in the manner hereindescribed and shown.

ALFRED CONGER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, i CHAs. WAI-ILERs.

PArnnmirrlgn. i

